Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of class, students will be able to...

• practice analysis as evidenced by analyzing prompt, annotating text and completing constructed response questions with a partner.
• relate and apply how to write a theses statement and elaboration as evidenced by writing an explanatory essay.

Due Today:

• All make up work.

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• Due Fri Dec 9: Huckleberry Finn Cornell Notes from CH 40 to then end, p. 265-293, notes for main events of each chapter,
• Choose ONE Final Response to Huck Finn:
  • Write an opening for the novel in the voice of Jim instead of Huck. How does this point of view differ from Twain's narrator (Huck)?
  • Create your own artistic representation of a THEME or MOTIF of the novel. Whatever your art form is, choose a significant quotation from the novel to support it an elaborate to explain the connection.

Essential Questions:

• How does a writer elaborate on evidence successfully to support her/his thesis of an essay?

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Important Deadlines/Reminders:

• Bring Huckleberry Finn Every Day!
• English 11 Tutoring TUE and THU after school in Ms. Savino's room 702

1. Whole Class: Annotate prompt and constructed response questions.
2. Silently and Individually: Read and annotate texts.
3. Partners: Answer constructed response questions and discuss possible thesis statements.
4. Individually write explanatory essay.